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photographs showing tornado and storm damage, Sept. 28, 1923

12 photographs showing damage from the March 1913 tornado. Also includes 2 photographs of Lake Manawa.

Photograph showing damage in Omaha after the 1913 tornado.

Reproduction of a photograph of tornado damage on Tostevin Avenue, Sept. 28, 1923.

Four photographs showing damage after a tornado.

Postcard of residence section after tornado.

Mayor Carl VanFossen...stands along Highway 71, where a tornado spent most of its destructive force in the town in Braddyville last March. Few buildings have been rebuilt along main street.

The fountain in Bayliss park gets a new coat of paint from city park employee Robert Hemmingsen. Plans to replace the landmark with a modern centerpiece have been set aside for this season. [accessed from NewsBank search of Council Bluffs Daily…

First Stop On Omaha Tour . . . is the Joslyn Art Museum at Twenty-second and Dodge Streets. The museum is valued at more than $4,000,000.

Honoring The War Dead . . . is the World War II Memorial west of Underwood and Happy Hollow Blvd. The names of Omaha war dead are inscribed in plaques set in the pillars. Erected on what was an unkempt empty tract, the Memorial is now in the center…

Veteran's Hospital . . . is often called the most impressive building in the city. The 486-bed hospital is located at Forty-second and Center Streets.

Council Bluffs Jaycee members promoting the National Women's AAU Basketball Tournament at Abraham Lincoln field house march 30 to April 3 wanted everyone to know about it, and recruited the aid of the Council Bluffs Fire Department and police to hang…

Aerial photograph of a Towboat in the Missouri River

John Nelson
John Nelson: "I don't think (the track) in any way will be detrimental to the community."

winter view of long building with many windows and doors, overlooking turn of a reacetrack
A snow-covered Dubuque Greyhound Park, which cost $11 million to construct. Conceived by Durrant Group of Dubuque, the facility was featured in a trade magazine for its design. Capacity if about 6,000, while the Council Bluffs facility will have…

Greyhounds round the bend at the Dubuque Greyhound Park. The dogs, which reach speeds up to 45 miles an hour, are muzzled to prevent them from injuring each other. In the foreground is the lure, controlled by an operator in a booth. - Photo courtesy…

muzzled greyhound dogs racing around a bend at a racetrack
Greyhounds round the bend at the Dubuque Greyhound Park. The dogs, which reach speeds up to 45 miles an hour, are muzzled to prevent them from injuring each other. In the foreground is the lure, controlled by an operator in a booth. Photo courtesy…

Union Pacific Railroad trackage now serves the Iowa-Nebraska River Industrial Park in the Southwest part of Council Bluffs. Peavey Elevator Co. can be seen in the background.

Kimballton's Old And Young . . . are represented by Einer Rasmussen and Drauda Norby. Rasmussen, 76, still speaks "Dane" at home. Drauda is a kindergarten student.
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